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Long Term Storage in Tobacco Tin
Aluminum tape can be your answer. All unopened tins I tape with it and they are fresh even many years later when opened. For opened tins I do not want to put in mason jar aluminum tape keep them reasonably fresh for up a couple of years, they dry out a little bit over time which is not...- 64alex
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Mellowest Unflavored Burley Blends?
One blend which was not mentioned is the Peretti Cuban mixture, not entirely Burley but Burley forward, mild in nic but tasty with a lot of flavor.- 64alex
- Post #46
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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How Many Blends are There *Really*
I think in tobacco review there are more than 3000 blends. I would guess that even the most experienced pipers if blind testing would not be able to distinguish more than 300 different ones out of them. And for the more regular guy as I consider myself, when you have defined 30 blends you have...- 64alex
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Ordering pipe tobacco online in Italy
I am from Italy so I know all the story. It has always been so and has nothing to do with EU or protecting tobacco stores. It is about all tobacco product which are under monopoly of the government from production to sale. The tobacconists are actually in some way government employees who are...- 64alex
- Post #20
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Ordering pipe tobacco online in Italy
Nope, totally banned online tobacco sale. In addition the selection is limited there as the market is heavily regulated and even if you walk in a shop there you won't find anything interesting compared to Germany, Switzerland, UK or USA- 64alex
- Post #2
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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GH Ultimum compared to GH American Black Cherry and GH Kendal Black Cherry
I do have the GH American Black Cherry and GH Kendal Black Cherry which are two nice quite different cherry aromatics. I am wondering how the GH Ultimum compares to them, is it similar to one of the two or a third different cherry aromatic?. Trying to figure out if it is different enough to...- 64alex
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Who Is Your Favorite Pipe Tobacco Blender?
90% of my blends are G&H. Don't know too much about their blenders but IMO they are still the best- 64alex
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Tobaccoreview Not Accessible From Outside the US?
Still connecting without any problem from California. It looks the ones having issues have to look at their provider- 64alex
- Post #23
- Forum: General Discussion
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Tobaccoreview Not Accessible From Outside the US?
I can access now. There are some nations blocking access to tobacco related sites so it might depend where are you located. Using VPN you should be able to connect to.- 64alex
- Post #11
- Forum: General Discussion
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Hemp Twine for Lighting Your Pipe
I have both the 1mm and the 2mm. The 2mm gives a bigger flame which is more wind resistant if you are outside. I prefer to use the 1mm for initial light and the 2mm toward the end when I have to go deeper in the bowl. I do have the Flicwick which is the best IMO as you can advance the wick...- 64alex
- Post #38
- Forum: Pipes Accessories
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Problem Continuous Relights with GH Rum Twist
No problem with Grosemore. Actually I love the GH/SG blends which are 90% of my blends and as said I have no problem with all of them including the notorious ones difficult to keep on. Everything said here is true and I am doing, just don't get why only this specific blend gives me so much...- 64alex
- Post #31
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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SSD or HDD For Archiving Music: Advice Please.
You need redundancy, do not rely on a single system. I do have a large multimedia collection spanning multiple Tb I am keeping in a NAS and from there I rotate 5 backup on HDD which I keep in different physical location in different houses. Other files and data I keep in SSD that I backup in...- 64alex
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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Problem Continuous Relights with GH Rum Twist
As said I am experienced enough and I have no problem with other ropes made by GH. Yes, I break in very thin pieces, yes, I always use the palm method of packing the bowl since I started piping 10 years ago when I found that video and even yes I use the hemp twine which I love as it is like an...- 64alex
- Post #15
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Problem Continuous Relights with GH Rum Twist
I already tried loser and tighter packing, tamping/no tamping. It is really puzzling me as I am not a novice given I am able to keep often light for at least 20 min 1792, dark plug and black twist. I am really wondering if a couple of min is the limit that blend can kept on.- 64alex
- Post #7
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Problem Continuous Relights with GH Rum Twist
This is the summary of multiple experiences even in very dry weather (yes today was rainy but still the baccy was bone dry and I was inside with heating on) and they are all the same, very difficult to cherry, today it took probably 4 or 5 attempts before having a small cherry glow which than...- 64alex
- Post #4
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion